PRESELECTION

Hey Alchemist.There was only the confirmation message saying that the application was successfully submitted and that it can no longer be modified.

Thank you Safa. Did you receive that in the form of an email in your mailbox? I'm asking this because I didn't receive anything, but when I log into my account I see that my application has been successfully submitted. I'm wondering whether this is 'normal'. In my experience you usually get some sort of message in your mailbox.

For reference, the pre-selection was announced on a Friday for the October session this year. I wouldn't be surprised if they did so in order to avoid people trying to contact them once the notice had been issued. Perhaps we'll hear something this Friday, or at the latest next Friday?

i already resigned myself to it.They said that, just for the italian department, they receive 430 applications and they only have 2 places available (0.4%)That's ridiculous.At least with regards to the Commission.

i already resigned myself to it.They said that, just for the italian department, they receive 430 applications and they only have 2 places available (0.4%)That's ridiculous.At least with regards to the Commission.

Did you guys apply for other institutions too?

I applied for other institutions too (European Parliament and European Counsil, just realised that I had passed some deadlines......), so no other news.

If everyone gets the "Network Error (gateway_error)" message when trying to login, this could be a sign that the servers are busy or deactivated because the Traineeship Office is indeed in the process of preparing the pre-identification mails.Just thinking...So please confirm if you can login to your ECAS account without problems.

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By the way, I can confirm that the date mentioned above (November 5, i.e. yesterday) for translation traineeships is still indicated in the automatic response that you get if you send messages to the contact address for translation traineeships. Even though the date is still called "provisional", I guess that candidates for the translation traineeship have little reason to hope for preselection if the haven't been contacted yet.

If you've applied for the general traineeship, I suggest sending a mail to the relevant contact address (which is different from the one translators get) to see if you also get an automatic response with updated information.